Tag: Obituaries
Gary Brooker: Obituary for Shakespeare’s Little Brother – Culture
Nobody understood it, although Gary Brooker articulated it much more clearly than, let’s say, Bob Dylan. The scene apparently takes place in a bar, but the singer gets dizzy. He…
Obituary for the former concert master of the BR Symphony Orchestra – Munich
The Koeckert violin dynasty is one of the most influential families of Munich musicians: Rudolf the Elder (1913 – 2005) was concertmaster of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra from 1949…
Obituary Peter Merseburger: enlighteners on television – media
It was irresponsible to broadcast something like this, it sounded like a scandal, but something like this actually happened once on German television, at 9:15 p.m., the second-best time to…
Ivan Reitman Is Dead: The Man Who Got Schwarzenegger Pregnant – Culture
Ivan Reitman’s life began far from the glamor of Hollywood. The later star director was born in 1946 in Komárno in the former Czechoslovakia. His mother had survived the Auschwitz…
Günter Maschke died: “You feel more comfortable in a fight” – culture
By the time the pilgrims came from Germany, he had already lost his faith: Enzensberger, Henze, Reiche, half the SDS had to go to Cuba to take part in Bacardi…
Henry Brandt – a teacher and counselor – Bavaria
Henry Brandt, one of the best-known German rabbis, is dead. Brandt died on Monday at the age of 94, said the President of the Jewish Community in Munich and Upper…
Actor and director Dieter Mann died: the incorruptible – culture
Before he retired from the stage a few years ago, the actor Dieter Mann dedicated his readings, for example from Thomas Mann’s “Magic Mountain”, to the profession that he mastered…
On the death of Ernst Stankovski: The noble host
The cabaret artist, actor and author Ernst Stankovski was so much more than a quiz master. But with his grandeur he made the high culture in “Do you recognize the…
On the death of Ernst Stankovski: The noble host
The cabaret artist, actor and author Ernst Stankovski was so much more than a quiz master. But with his grandeur he made the high culture in “Do you recognize the…
Actor Hartmut Becker died: the baritone man – culture
Open detailed view Hartmut Becker, here in 2008. (Photo: imago images/APress) You knew his face. Even those who don’t turn on the television when watching “Traumschiff” or “SOKO Leipzig” will…